Hundreds arrested in immigration raid at Postville plant - Iowa (largest in the history of state)

Posted on: May 13th, 2008
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“Federal Immigration agents on Monday arrested more than 300 people in Postville during a raid at the nation’s largest kosher meatpacking plant.

The raid by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was the largest in Iowa history, said Matt M. Dummermuth, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Iowa.

Dummermuth said the raid at the Agriprocessors Inc. plant in northeast Iowa came after months of planning, beginning in October 2007. Federal agents were helped by state and local police. “*

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